Comments on: The Sweeper: Snow Days in Europe http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/21/the-sweeper-snow-days-in-europe/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Vickerman http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/21/the-sweeper-snow-days-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-17691 Tim Vickerman Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:20:10 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=5759#comment-17691 And the cold snap coming in mid-December illustrates the problem of introducing a winter break. The coldest weather usually falls in January so even the countries with a winter break have been caught out and will have to squeeze the fixtures in after the break, adding further congestion to the fixture list. It may well be that the weather improves when players are off on a sunny retreat elsewhere. In English football, the busy schedule over Christmas and New Year is a highlight of the year with bumper crowds turning out. It makes little financial sense to miss out on that, surely? And the cold snap coming in mid-December illustrates the problem of introducing a winter break. The coldest weather usually falls in January so even the countries with a winter break have been caught out and will have to squeeze the fixtures in after the break, adding further congestion to the fixture list. It may well be that the weather improves when players are off on a sunny retreat elsewhere.

In English football, the busy schedule over Christmas and New Year is a highlight of the year with bumper crowds turning out. It makes little financial sense to miss out on that, surely?

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